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22 February 2019

Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.

8.0 |
All Music

8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit

8.0 |
Uncut

It's beautifully eerie. Print edition only

8.0107409

8.0 |
Q

These are songs that seem to move through another era, from the delightful mournful I Can't Listen To Gene Clark Anymore to the pulse of Roy Orbison beneath Lover Release Me and Dream Dream Big In The Sky. Print edition only

7.6107410

7.6 |
Paste Magazine

An album built on understated power, evocative lyrics and Nadler’s lithe voice—and, just maybe, a hint or two of sly humor
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7.5107403

7.5 |
Consequence Of Sound

An album of direct storytelling, full of intimate details that linger long after the music stops
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7.2107505

7.2 |
Pitchfork

On her moody eighth album, the Boston singer-songwriter examines the icy terrain of marital strife through the lens of her habitual gothic folk
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7.0107562

7.0 |
Drowned In Sound

It’s almost hard to imagine what she’ll do next having arrived here
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7.0107792

7.0 |
music OMH

It may not be the liveliest 35 minutes of the year, yet it’s filled with memorable imagery and some heartbreaking songs
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7.0107404

7.0 |
The Music

The final selections here represent some of Nadler’s strongest songwriting to date
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7.0107405

7.0 |
Under The Radar

On For My Crimes, Nadler reminds listeners that she's always capable of finding new ways to open up
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7.0 |
Spectrum Culture

7.0 |
Exclaim

For My Crimes is another intricate, emotionally complex folk record. It's what we've come to expect from Nadler after all these years
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6.0107406

6.0 |
NME

You can’t knock the Massachusetts soloist for hard work, but it’s perhaps time she headed in a bolder direction
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6.0107407

6.0 |
Mojo

Nadler's cathartic inner journey isn't always as easy to empathise with as it is artfully expressed. Print edition only

5.5107459

5.5 |
The 405

Even though themes of distance and time are key players in the message Nadler is trying to convey, the personal heart of the album is often swamped by her trademark ethereal production and sometimes abstract lyricism
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